HirstWhoScoredIt Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) The new badge has been made out of plated steel and is going above the main entrance at the end of the South Stand bridge. It should be up for Sunday. Apparently it looks extremely impressive, is made out of 'plated stainless steel' (not sure what that means), weighs 6 tonnes and cost a fortune. Technical issues with putting it up though as our South Stand bridge is only supposed to hold 3 tonnes which means we couldn't just drive it across the bridge. Edited August 3, 2016 by HirstWhoScoredIt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalowlisback Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Good job we didn't sign Leon Clarke then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Will be delivered by Airwolf, with theme music playing over loudspeaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HirstWhoScoredIt Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 The bit I didn't get is that there are 1,000 kg in a tonne. Therefore 3,000kg in a tonne. Average supporter weighs (optimistically because most of us are fatter) 75 kg. That means only 40 supporters can stand on our bridge at any one time But that is what I was told by a club official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 4 minutes ago, royalowlisback said: Good job we didn't sign Leon Clarke then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzy85 Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 7 minutes ago, royalowlisback said: Good job we didn't sign Leon Clarke then. You win today. Good effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 any news on the Zebra "owl"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richowl Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 DC wants the SWFC gone on the north seats now replaced with 'Chansiri'. there's a few technical problems with that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Owl Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 1 minute ago, richowl said: DC wants the SWFC gone on the north seats now replaced with 'Chansiri'. there's a few technical problems with that too Why - are SYP saying he can only have a n s i r i ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birko owl Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Haha not true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_Owl Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Hope it was made in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richowl Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 yes it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richowl Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 6 minutes ago, Flat Owl said: Why - are SYP saying he can only have a n s i r i ? we don't have many spare white seats & the seat 'design' are now hard to come by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatbloke Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 16 minutes ago, HirstWhoScoredIt said: The bit I didn't get is that there are 1,000 kg in a tonne. Therefore 3,000kg in a tonne. Average supporter weighs (optimistically because most of us are fatter) 75 kg. That means only 40 supporters can stand on our bridge at any one time But that is what I was told by a club official. Tish the information you are working with is wrong ,1Tonne is a metric ton and as such is 1016.047 kg Whereas an Imperial ton is 2240 pounds using these figures, I suggest you re,calculate your rant Sir !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KivoOwl Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 24 minutes ago, richowl said: DC wants the SWFC gone on the north seats now replaced with 'Chansiri'. there's a few technical problems with that too You've got to be kidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkleyblue Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Fatbloke knows his tonnage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookone Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 17 minutes ago, richowl said: we don't have many spare white seats & the seat 'design' are now hard to come by. Haven't you heard of tipex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 40 minutes ago, HirstWhoScoredIt said: The new badge has been made out of plated steel and is going above the main entrance at the end of the South Stand bridge. It should be up for Sunday. Apparently it looks extremely impressive, is made out of 'plated stainless steel' (not sure what that means), weighs 6 tonnes and cost a fortune. Technical issues with putting it up though as our South Stand bridge is only supposed to hold 3 tonnes which means we couldn't just drive it across the bridge. Harking back to my days many years ago as a metallurgist plate steel is just a fancy name for a sheets steel. Or at least it was 40 odd years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolaOwls Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) Old one was coming down this morning? Either that or we have opened a climbing centre Edited August 3, 2016 by ViolaOwls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Keeping things simple, steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, whereas stainless steel is essentially an alloy of iron, carbon and chromium or iron, carbon chromium and nickel. All forms of steel, whether they be ordinary iron and carbon alloy or stainless steel are made from a melt in furnaces. Because of this stainless steel cannot be plated to ordinary steel by chemical means either. Stainless steel can be welded to ordinary steel but a TIG welder is required, but this wouldn't suit your purposes. Hot dipping is unlikely to be an option due to the melting temperatures of ordinary steel and stainless steel. Depending on the type of stainless steel, the temperatures will be similar or higher for stainless steel. This would damage the main item made from ordinary steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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